Your turn

Posted:
03/20/2014 03:00:00 PM PDT

Updated:
03/21/2014 04:59:48 PM PDT

Reader comments on recent features:

In response to Katemarie Boccone's Feb. 23 column on being on her high school's wrestling team:

Your article was engaging, honest and inspiring. It also displayed the essence and rewards of teamwork, where every member benefits while also pursuing very individual goals. Finally, it showed the positive role of your male teammates. As the father of three adult men and five grandsons, it's vitally important to me (and to them, too) to counter what sometimes seems to be widespread misogyny in our society. Your teammates give me hope.

Ron Hansen

San Jose

In response to Breanna Skinner's March 9 column on political apathy among teens:

Last year I ran for Sunnyvale City Council. I spoke to a lot of residents. It's amazing how little most people know about their own city. But that problem was even more noticeable among younger people. Most of the most pressing challenges facing local governments, especially in California, are going to hit the millennials the hardest in the next decade. California local government agencies have taken on skyrocketing liabilities for their own employee pensions. This is the primary reason that tuition is increasing at UC and CSU, and the community colleges.